How to Install Silverlight Browser Support on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic 32-64bit Easy Guide

Install Silverlight for Ubuntu

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Silverlight Firefox and Opera Web Browser Support by the Pipelight Package for Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn i386/amd64 Linux.

Pipelight allows one to run Windows browser plugins in the context of Linux browsers.

To Achieve this Pipelight do:

• Connects the Windows DLL with the Linux process
• Translates between platform dependent differences on the NPAPI
• Uses a Patched Wine version

Pipelight needs to start Wine to execute the pluginloader. This May Slow down the Start of your Browser.

1. Open a Command Line Terminal Window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).

   Ctrl+Alt+T

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

2. How to Add Pipelight Ubuntu PPA Apt Repo

   Adding Pipelight Ubuntu PPA

   Enable

3. Installing Pipelight for Ubuntu.

   sudo su

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

   apt-get install --install-recommends pipelight-multi

   pipelight-plugin --update

   pipelight-plugin --enable silverlight

   exit

   

4. Restart Firefox Browser to Install Silverlight into Wine.

   

How to Install Opera Web Browser on Ubuntu Linux:

SetUp Opera on Ubuntu.